Syrian MoD video shows Syrian forces backed by Russian choppers, shelling on the western outskirts of Suknah, destroyed vehicles including a burned out tank and BMP and footage overlooking the first buildings of Sukhna in eastern Homs, Syria.

The Lebanese army will not coordinate with the Syrian Army to fight against IS in the Lebanese-Syrian border zone, a military source told Reuters today, rejecting a local media report of direct military cooperation between the two.

IS claims twenty government forces were killed in a SVBIED attack west of Sukhnah when "Abu-Bara al-Qalamuni" detonated his explosive vehicle in front of a headquarters in which Syrian Army personnel were fortified.

The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, said the group would fight in the coming assault on an Islamic State pocket on the country's border with Syria, which he said would begin within a few days.

CNN reports based on US officials that Russia and the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are attempting to entice US-backed rebels based at the At Tanf garrison in southern Syria to switch sides, in an apparent bid to oust the coalition from a strategic piece of real estate that is seen as crucial to Syria and Iran's long-term interests in the region.

Maghawir al-Thawra are willing to go to SDF-held Shaddadi as long as they 1) do not have to coordinate with the SDF 2) do not have to be related to SDF 3) are guaranteed that Deir ez-Zour will be fully for Maghawir al-Thawra.